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By Jamie McAllister UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones in an interview with MMAMania. In his next bout Jones will defend his Light-Heavyweight Title against former Strikeforce and Pride FC champion Dan Henderson. The bout is set to take place on Sept. 1, 2012, at UFC 151 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Henderson started out as a...

By Jamie McAllister Following Anderson Silva’s second round stoppage of Chael Sonnen at UFC 148 the Middleweight Champion has been receiving a lot of criticism. At the start of the bout Silva was caught taking the Vaseline from his face and rubbing it on his chest and arms as well as being warned twice for...

23 year old Iceland native, and talented submission specialist Gunnar Nelson will be facing German Pascal Krauss who is also known to be a submission specialist at UFC on Fuel TV 5 on Sept 29, 2012 in Nottingham, England. Nelson a Renzo Gracie jiu jitsu black belt and a karate black belt won nine consecutive...

By: Chris Taylor A light heavyweight match-up between former UFC champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (32-10 MMA, 7-4 UFC) and UFC newcomer Glover Teixeira (18-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has been added to UFC 153 in Brazil. The drama between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and the UFC is likely to come to an end at the UFC 153...

“I know. We’re regulated by the Government. We’re really the only sport that’s regulated by the Government and the Government allows these guys to do this TRT and basically over the next 10 years sports science keeps getting better and better and better and the way that TRT works is as we get older your...

The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the official list of medical suspensions for last Saturday’s UFC 148 pay-per-view event. UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II took place from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada last Saturday. In the main event Anderson Silva successfully defended his middleweight title for the second time against...

The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the official list of disclosed salaries for last Saturday’s UFC 148 pay-per-view event. UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II took place from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada last Saturday. In the main event Anderson Silva successfully defended his middleweight title for the second time against...

By Jamie McAllister Chael Sonnen’s trainer Scott McQuarry comments to The MMA Show and MMA reporter Jonathan Snowden. In the UFC 148 main event Anderson Silva knocked out Chael Sonnen in the second round to retain his Middleweight Title. However the result may not be as cut and dry as you would expect. Chael Sonnen’s coach Scott McQuarry...

It appears the WWE has wasted no time in publicly reaching out to Chael Sonnen following his second loss to Anderson Silva. “F4Wonline.com reports that WWE is interested in working with 35 year old UFC fighter “The American Gangster” Chael Sonnen. Sonnen lost to Anderson Silva at Saturday’s UFC 148 pay-per-view but word is that...

Chael Sonnen may have been selling his rematch with Anderson Silva when he made his now infamous stipulation. After his fight with Brian Stann he said that if he lost to Anderson he would, “Leave the UFC forever”. So the question remains – will Chael keep his word? Should he may be the better question....

By Jamie McAllister Michael Bisping comments while appearing on the UFC 148 post-event show on FUEL TV. Bisping recently returned after a successful knee surgery and called out both Brian Stann and Alan Belcher. Both men were more than happy to accept ‘The Count’s’ challenge however Stann feels a bout between himself and Bisping would...

By Jamie McAllister Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold comments in an interview with SiriusXMSports. Rockhold commented on the UFC 148 main event and feels like Silva’s victory was tainted by his antics. “I call it like I see it,” Rockhold said “and [the win] just looked dirty to me.” Rockhold comments on Anderson taking the Vaseline...

By Jamie McAllister After three rounds of back-and-forth action between Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin at UFC 148 Griffin left the cage. He was followed by Dana White who told him to “get the f–k back in the cage,” for the reading of the decision which went his way. Before UFC commentator Joe Rogan got...

By Jamie McAllister UFC President Dana White has been very vocal in expressing his disdain for Alistair Overeem after ‘The Reem’ failed a drug test prior to the scheduled UFC 146 bout with Junior Dos Santos. White had stated previously that he would not deal with Overeem again. However the two seem to have rebuilt...

By Jamie McAllister Mark Munoz in an interview with MMAWeeklyRadio. Munoz is set to face Chris Weidman in a bout which may determine the next Middleweight number one contender at UFC on Fuel 4. Munoz wants to defeat Middleweight contender Chris Weidman decisively at UFC on Fuel 4. He also states that with the victory...

UFC light heavyweight Dan Henderson lets us know how he feels about the strategies other title challengers have employed, what he thinks when people say he’s the last hope to beat the dominant champ and whether or not he thinks Jones can take a punch. We also hear whom he’s brought into camp to mimic...

By Jamie McAllister UFC Middleweight Michael Bisping comments while appearing on the UFC 148 post-event show on FUEL TV. Bisping comments on the UFC 148 main event and is certain he could put in a better performance against Anderson Silva. “It’s easy to say, ‘take Anderson Silva down.’ Chael is an amazing wrestler — he...

By Jamie McAllister Neil Melanson comments while appearing on The Verbal Submission. Melanson head grappling coach at Xtreme Couture took over Sonnen’s preparation for UFC 148 after Sonnen’s head coach Scott McQuary suffered a heart attack. Melanson comments on Sonnen’s loss to Anderson Silva and would not be surprised if it was the last time...

Disclaimer: “In no way are we implying that Rory MacDonald is going to fail his drug testing, we are only trying to insure that the fight happens” – BJ Penn. We announced here on BJPENN.COM a few weeks ago that former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion, BJ Penn was set to be the first UFC...

Renzo Gracie is a legend. He is also one of the smartest MMA fighters I have met. He has affected so many fighters and athletes in a positive way throughout his career. The latest fighter to get advice from Renzo was UFC main eventer Chael Sonnen. Gracie opened up about Chael and what he said...

By Jamie McAllister Bart Palaszewski will get his wish and fight in Indianapolis on the UFC on FX 5 card. Facing Palaszewski is Diego Nunes who was defeated by Dennis Siver in his last bout at UFC on Fuel TV: Gustafsson vs. Silva. Sources close to the bout confirmed the news to MMAWeekly. Indiana native Bart...

By Jamie McAllister A Featherweight bout has been added to the UFC 152 card. Jimy Hettes has agreed to face Marcus Brimage UFC officials announced the news on Friday. In his last bout Hettes put on an impressive display defeating Nam Phan taking the unanimous decision and moving to a perfect (10-0) and (2-0) UFC....

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